1585

 

II  

Designated  

07/06/1963  

08/12/1995  

Tan-y-Llan  

 

Wrexham  

Esclusham  

 

Bronwylfa  

328397  

348057  

 

Down a track immediately S of Bronwylfa, 500m approx. W of the B5426 W of Talwrn  

Domestic  

 

The cottage incorporates a cruck in one gable end, but it is not clear whether this is the relic of an earlier building on the site, or whether it was erected as an integral part of the present building. Other features of the cottage suggest that it is probably late C17 or early C18  

Small 2-unit, one and a half storeyed cottage, with cruck frame exposed in upper gable wall: the broad blades have a saddle; spurs to queen-posts above the main tie beam, and a king post above the collar; front wall rendered over rubble; graded slate roofs with gable-end stacks (that on upper gable clearly added). Central entrance in added gabled porch. Flanking windows are 2-light casements with single ring cambered heads. Dormers within the roof also have 2-light casements, and bargeboards with pendant finials. Small leaded light window partly cut by chimney on upper gable end. Continuous outshut to rear.  

Staircase rises in a straight flight to the rear of the entrance. Roughly chamfered lateral beams to ground floor, and exposed central truss with raking struts and wind-braces to either side.  

An excellent and well-preserved example of a small vernacular cottage, and of cruck construction.